Exocranial surfaces for sex assessment of the human cranium

One of the first steps in identification of skeletal remains is sex assessment. Determination of sex provides important background for establishing a biological profile with information on age at death, stature, and ancestry of remains [1]. It is possible to evaluate different sexual dimorphic traits on various bones and classify them as masculine or feminine. In general, the highest degree of sexual dimorphism is exhibited in the pelvic bone, which responds with evolutionary adaptation to bipedal locomotion [2] and birth mechanisms, enabling parturition of children with relatively big brains [3 –6].

Source: Forensic Science International - November 10, 2016 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Barbora Musilov á, Ján Dupej, Jana Velemínská, Kathia Chaumoitre, Jaroslav Bruzek Source Type: research